Jeremiah 45 (WEB)

Chapter Text

45:1 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

45:2 “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

45:3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’

45:4 “You shall tell him, Yahweh says: ‘Behold, that which I have built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

45:5 Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh; ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "message", "jeremiah", "prophet", "spoke", "baruch", "neriah", "wrote", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "message" and "jeremiah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "message" and "jeremiah" carries the first interpretive weight. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "message" and "jeremiah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.